THE PROHIBITION OF ALCOHOL.
HOW SHEEP FARMERS MIGHT ASSIST. A POUND A BALE. ' MELBOURNE, March 26. At the Sons of Temperance Conference a delegate advocated a tax on wool to make up for loss of revenue through prohibition of alcohol He pointed out that wool averaged £l3 per bale, of which £3 went in labour, so there was a huge profit. A tax of a pound a bale would yield two million pounds annually'.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10004, 29 March 1910, Page 7
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74THE PROHIBITION OF ALCOHOL. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10004, 29 March 1910, Page 7
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